OK. posting this for a friend who saw the film but is having trouble logging into th esite.. here goes:
I was wondering if you could do me a small favour? I was wondering if you
could post my review on my behalf on MF? I can't log in and it does seem
that my account is blocked, even though they have just alloed me to re-
register again!
Many thanks. :-X
Ash
Here is my Review:
TITLE: StarWars 3 Review - 'The Death of Liberty'
Star Wars - Episode III : The Revenge of the Sith
A long time ago in a cinema, far away...I saw Star Wars Episode 4. Now,
almost 30 years later I was lucky enough to be among the first people to
see this concluding chapter of the saga, Star Wars Episode 3:
The
Revenge of the Sith. This has been one movie that I have wanted to see
for a very long time. Although I knew the basic story, the many facets of
the plot were still a mystery to me. A mystery until I got a hold of the
script last week! I read it just before I went to see the film and it did
not spoil it for me one bit, in fact it enhanced my viewing pleasure as
there is so much on-screen action and dialogue at any one time, you would
be forgiven for easily missing it.
Other than the obvious, the story is more about how an obsessive love for
one woman can destroy you, all those around you and in the case of the
movie, an entire galaxy! Throughout the movie we see a naive young Anakin
Skywalker being deceived and having to make difficult choices, each choice
having catastrophic consequences. His descent in to the dark side was not
an easy one but was something that was pre-planned perhaps hundreds of
years ago. -It was indeed his destiny.
The film played well with view points, suggesting to the audience to look
at "good" from the "evil's" perspective, when one does that, the "good"
appears as "evil". At many times in movies, such as "The Phantom of the
Opera" for example, we have all sympathised with the villain, so it's easy
to see why weak minded but power hungry people are easily turned to the
"dark side". The submissive young Skywalker is no exception.
On a personal note, I have to say I was a little disappointed with the
movie since I had read the final script just before watching it. Almost 40
minutes of the movie was cut from it. I can see why it had to be done, to
keep the action flowing and so forth. However, this final movie was made
for the original fans and I know they all would have appreciated the
additional scenes. I hope the DVD release contains the entire full
director's cut.
The movie concludes by tying all the loose ends, linking this episode to
episode 4,
"A New Hope". You can really see that this movie has been
30 years in the making. I remember when I saw Episode 4
"A New Hope",
I understood the title immediately, where we see a young boy rising to
the challenge, defeating the evil and becoming the hero. However, I don't
think I understood it better than I do now. Episode 3 is very grim. Very,
very grim! We see all the Jedi killed off, we see the death of liberty and
how a dictatorship rises from it
"...with thunderous applause..." as
put by Padme. The movie ends with Padme dieing during child birth and we
feel the harrowing screams when Anakin (now dawning his Vader mask) learns
of his beloved's death. As we know, the two twins are separated for their
own protection. Leia is adopted by Queen Organa of Alderan and Luke is
taken to Tatooine by Obi-Wan. In the grim darkness there is still hope...
Here is George Lucas's last footnote from the script:
Obi-Wan rides up to a moisture farm homestead on Tatooine. He dismounts,
takes Luke Skywalker out of a papoose on his back, and walks toward Aunt
Beru, who walks over to greet him. They talk for a moment, and Obi-Wan
turns the baby over to the young homesteader. Aunt Beru walks to Uncle Owen
who is standing on the ridge near the homestead. Obi-Wan leaves as Owen,
Beru, and Luke watch the twin suns set. * IRIS OUT * END TITLES * QUE
MUSIC.
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